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| Author: | wabash2800 [ Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Semi-Scale .088" Wheel Sets" |
I need to purchase some trucks for a few caboose projects I'm woking on and have a choice of standard NMRA or Semi-Scale .088 flanges. Of course, the .088's will look nicer. Will they perform OK on Fast-Track turnouts? Thanks in advance |
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| Author: | emccamey [ Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Semi-Scale .088" Wheel Sets" |
Short answer- yes. Be certain to have the frog points make a very fine point. The frog flangeway width should be constructed as tight as the fixture will allow. At the very worst, under some conditions, the wheel MAY drop into the frog gap and create a very slight bump, but there would not likely be a derailment. You can always fill in the flangeway (some do so with solder, others with a bondo putty). Then file the flangeway so that the fill allows the flange tip to ride along through the gap, using the fill as a 'shelf'. You would not often see the 'bump', but the fill makes it fool proof. -ed- |
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| Author: | wabash2800 [ Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Semi-Scale .088" Wheel Sets" |
Thanks for the info Ed. Victor |
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